Madhya-līlā

Chapter 7: The Lord's Tour of South India

Verse 101 of 152
Cc Madhya 7.101

যারে দেখে, তারে কহে,—কহ কৃষ্ণনাম এইমত ঽবৈষ্ণবঽ কৈল সব নিজগ্রাম

यारे देखे, तारे कहे,—कह कृष्णनाम एइमत ऽवैष्णवऽ कैल सब निजग्राम

yāre dekhe, tāre kahe,—kaha kṛṣṇa-nāma ei-mata 'vaiṣṇava' kaila saba nija-grāma

Synonyms

yāre dekhewhomever he meets; tāreto him; kahehe says; kaha kṛṣṇa-nāmakindly chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra; ei-matain this way; vaiṣṇavadevotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; kailamade; sabaall; nija-grāmahis own village..

Translation

These empowered people used to request everyone and anyone—whomever they saw—to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. In this way all the villagers would also become devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Purport

In order to become an empowered preacher, one must be favored by Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu or His devotee, the spiritual master. One must also request everyone to chant the mahā-mantra. In this way, such a person can convert others to Vaiṣṇavism, showing them how to become pure devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Verse 101 of 152
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